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Nickcd - Posted - 06/16/2020: 04:06:57
Combination of frailing, drop thumb, two finger, thumb lead and up picking + owt else.
Finding with my nylon strung fretted and fretted banjo's trying to play with combination of styles/techniques works well and gives more tone than straightforward clawhammer/down picking.
Neil Allen - Posted - 06/16/2020: 04:26:52
Clifton Hicks does a lot of this, as you can see on his YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-...jqoz9VWAg
I don't think there's any need to be a purist as regards style or invent technical names for everything. As long as the rhythm's rock solid, pretty much anything works. As regards tone, I could never get good tone from clawhammer without wearing a pick, although some people do.
thisoldman - Posted - 06/16/2020: 06:03:49
Let's call it the "Nick Style"
Bill Rogers - Posted - 06/16/2020: 10:45:49
Pete Seeger was all over the place like that.
Paul R - Posted - 06/16/2020: 17:27:42
Check out the New Lost City Ramblers' repertoire. There's lots of banjo, but not as much clawhammer as you'd expect.
Chris Berry - Posted - 06/17/2020: 13:17:30
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Originally posted by Paul R
Check out the New Lost City Ramblers' repertoire. There's lots of banjo, but not as much clawhammer as you'd expect.
The same is true of 78-rpm recordings from the 1920s-30s, especially band recordings.
Chris
gailg64 - Posted - 06/23/2020: 15:52:11
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Originally posted by Chris Berry
quote:
Originally posted by Paul R
Check out the New Lost City Ramblers' repertoire. There's lots of banjo, but not as much clawhammer as you'd expect.
The same is true of 78-rpm recordings from the 1920s-30s, especially band recordings.
Chris
You beat me to it, Chris! Stringbands generally have used fingerpicked style banjo up until about the '70s.
